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Default 'I have to go see a man about a dog': A guide to 1920s slang

'I have to go see a man about a dog': A guide to 1920s slang

10-19-2012 01:34 PM

Prohibition be damned, words were just better in the 1920s. There's a fascinating piece today in the New York Times*from Edward Rothstein about the new prohibition exhibition at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center that's well worth a read if you're interested in things booze and 1920s, and of course about that truly weird little legal time in our country's history. But of extra-special interest to me in this article was the following note about the exhibit:*




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